Maybe didnthurt needs to do 30 mins of mental exercise everyday. I work outside so get a fair amount of exercise already but I’d still like to be a bit fitter and healthier and at this time of year it’s quite tempting just to get indoors and eat biscuits etc at the end of a hard day.

Yesterday I threw a barbell and dumbbells about for an hour.

This morning I’m just back from a 5k run. Feeling a bit sore in my right hip so I’m hoping I haven’t aggravated anything that will cause my Sciatica. Might have to shelve the running for a while?

Its way too windy for riding.

Sorry, what I should have said, do people who post regularly on a mountain bike forum not do at least 30 minutes of exercise a day? Mountain biking is a tough physical activity which in order to do needs a decent base level of fitness, how are you getting this fitness by not being active?

I do understand that some people who are seriously ill or are 24/7 carers will struggle to do this.

Nice one replying there @stevenmenmuir to my question by implying that I might have a mental health issue.

If this helps motivate people to be active during the dark and cold months then I’m all for it. But it’s not really a challenge for a fit and active mountain biker, is it?

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No. Hope that helps

I wasn’t suggesting mental health issues, I was suggesting that if you’d thought about it for a minute you might have realised not everybody on a mountain bike forum is as fit or healthy as they’d like.

But it’s not really a challenge for a fit and active mountain biker, is it?

I think the issue causing your confusion is assuming everyone is in a similar situation to you. STW has people from all ages,  walks of life and levels of fitness. Including quite a few who openly admit to not riding mtb.

I’m approaching 60, I have had a run of bad health recently, including ACL reconstruction surgery, an accidental head injury requiring repeated surgery and a cancer diagnosis (not life threatening atm).

I have always been reasonably fit and active, but recent accident, illness hospital time and resulting anxiety have really knocked that sideways.  Things have improved in recent months, but little motivators like this thread, or committing to riding with mates when I otherwise cba are really helpful to me.

Also – it’s the ‘every day’ bit I really like. Even at my fittest in my 20s and 30s, I don’t think I ever exercised every single day without at least a few rest days, for over 3 months.

It’s pissing down here now, a grey, miserable, depressing day. I am about to reluctantly gather some stuff into my gym bag and go and bash the treadmill for 40 mins. I really don’t want to, but know I’ll feel better for it. If it wasn’t for this thread there’s a good chance I’d skive off it.

@ didnthurt no worries, cheers. I was hoping it was genuine rather than trolling.

Anyway, getting back to it.

Day #5 – 3.7 km swim in 83 minutes, before work.

Think that’ll do for today, just got to stay awake and attentive at work now.

5/100.  20 mins deep stretching, 15 mins planks and other core stuff, 30 mins treadmill.

Day 4 ended up being a 5km as it felt ok. Got lost a fair few times but covered 5km in 28.50. First time I’ve had a go at 5km since a knee operation last year so delighted to be under 30mins. Was at 25mins pre op with plenty of training and not getting lost so sub 25 seems gettable if I can lose weight and not get lost!

Day 5 was 1hr of boxing circuits 🤢🤢

Gentle turbo session tonight

@scotroutes those are some great pictures! 👍  Thanks for sparing us the skinny dipping ones.

15 mile coffee ride done today.  My legs still hurt from walking.

Don’t think I’d logged yesterday on here so:

Day 4 – 8km, 1hr run with the running club. I’m coming back from more or less 6 weeks off with a calf injury, so a nice steady run where nothing twinged or grumbled was a massive positive.

Day 5 – 3km, 35min walk at lunchtime. Didn’t even buy anything unhealthy at the Co-op to balance it out 😉

And I’m out at a talk on ‘Philosophy for Runners’ this evening, so I’ll be listening to people talk ankle running, at least. Probably doesn’t count though 🙂

And to the ‘don’t people on a bike forum do 30mins a day?’: I’m pretty fit and healthy, I race multi-day multisport races, but I don’t necessarily fit in at least half an hour every single day.  Stuff like this, Janathon, RED whatever month etc add a bit of accountability that’s a massive positive. I remember the early days of lockdowns and just how much difference to my physical and mental health two 25min walks, to and from my office, made for me each day.

D5

30 mins of Beatsaber – yes, yes it does count!

The disclaimer says it’s a physical activity

Another home weight work out- hated it, does it ever get enjoyable?!

Was going to swim but session not open till 9.15pm, mind you I could just step outside in my trunks and flop into the gutter with weather like this, can I stomach 30 mins of indoor exercises, time to find out…

Nope…

“Beat Saber is a VR rhythm game where you slash the beats of adrenaline-pumping music as they fly towards you, surrounded by a futuristic world.”

<p style=”text-align: left;”>5. Managed only a 30 minute walk. I had been travelling for 13 hours beforehand, so not going to apologise for that.</p>

After a hopeless start (was poorly on day 1 – no beer involved either) and nothing to report except dawgie walks and pupster training for a few days (I TALKED good triathlon and swimming at a tri club committee mtg on Sunday eve, but that was in a pub since our usual Sunday eve  pool sesh has been axed by the new owners/operators of the municipal pool after they bought it out of Administration) .

I’m not counting the dawgie walks as that’s sort of a regular thing, and not massive distances or hours on end at present as the wee fella is not even 6 months old (wait to he’s grown up and we’ll be out for hours).

Today… 45 mins of Pilates. Im just back to the classes after misssing it for nearly a year –  part of the plan to  sort a fragile glass that I developed WFH at a living room table during and since covid lockdowns.

A stand-in teacher this eve, and  she made us work. I was shaking in places that shouldn’t shake when I got home.

Onwards and thinwards.